Some Past Grants

2017

We’re supporting the Going to Bat for Bats project of Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. It’s a strong community-based program to collect data on habitats and populations of bats, and monitor the presence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in western provinces.

2016

We are partnering with the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto to subsidize transportation costs for school groups from priority neighbourhoods. The Aga Khan Museum offers school programs on Islamic culture, architecture, mathematics, history and many more topics.

We contributed to the Independent Living Program at Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth, where young people receive counselling and training in the skills needed to lead self-sufficient and healthy lives.

We are partnering again with The Mount Pinnacle Land Trust in Frelighsburg , Quebec to fund the Biodiversity 2020 project and complete waterfront restoration work in the Pike River Watershed.

There are almost 260 natural science collections in Quebec and Institut québécois de la biodiversité (IQBIO) is working to catalogue these collections. Chawkers helped with the costs of this process, which will produce data on biodiversity, and advice for collection preservation and planning.

2015:

Farmstart: to help the McVean Farm run the training program for people wanting to start market garden ventures and be leaders in the next generation of farmers. The participants are new Canadians, young people and those who want second careers in the market gardening sector.

SNAP Québec – Mushuau-nipi: This grant will help SNAP Québec run a camp and leadership program for youth in northern Quebec, to engage them in conservation and community development.

Samara Canada: to answer the strong demand from high school civics teachers, Samara will be producing short pop-up videos on topics like Question Period, How the Government is formed after an election, and How Committees Work.

Soccer Without Boundaries Project: this is a program that creates a positive community for young children and teens from immigrant and refugee families, in Calgary, through affordable soccer camps.

Ecojustice: to support the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Ottawa.